Getting a Handle on Environmental Data Management Using Linked Databases, 1999 Environmental Conference Proceedings
Michael C. Williams, P.E.--Environmental managers are finding that much of their employees’ time is spent not finding solutions to important environmental issues at the mill, but collecting and reporting environmental data. Mills have spent millions of dollars upgrading their DCS to improve production, but environmental specialists still manually gather data from numerous sources, and store that data on their individual computers. Much of this data will then be used for more than one purpose, such as generating both air emissions reports and EPCRA reports. Uploading data from process information systems and laboratories, and using linked databases, specifically designed for the individual mill, data can be stored in one location and used to generate all of the mill’s environmental reports. This would eliminate redundancy and save countless man-hours.
Getting a Handle on Environmental Data Management Using Linked Databases, 1999 Environmental Confere